'Threatened' by Tunnels

Connected Sites: 6

Definition
WHS where there are/have been plans to build a tunnel regarded by UNESCO/ICOMOS as potentially damaging to the OUV of the site (irrespective of whether the site of the Tunnel is inside the Inscribed/Buffer zones or not).

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Connected Sites

  • Kakadu National Park
    Kakadu National Park
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.87
    93
    10
    Jabiluka Uranium mine tunnel
    See www.wise-uranium.org
  • Stonehenge and Avebury
    Stonehenge and Avebury
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.75
    434
    18
    ICOMOS-UK have ojected to numerous tunnel options for Stonehenge
    See www.scribd.com
  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan
    Meidan Emam, Esfahan
    Iran
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.78
    105
    2
    "State of conservation report raised concerns about the Metro now well under construction parts due to open in 2012) whc.unesco.org/en/soc/252 The 2012 WHC decided as follows "... requests the State Party to invite a joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission to the property to consider the impact of the current metro constructions on the property and its wider setting;"
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí
    Works of Antoni Gaudí
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.11
    554
    18
    Madrid-Barcelona high speed Train line
    See www.sossagradafamilia.org
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    588
    16
    "The Blanka tunnel, which is to form part of a planned ring road around the city, runs only a few hundred metres from the protected area of Prague Castle."
    See praguemonitor.com
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Old City of Jerusalem
    Israel
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    276
    12
    The Western Wall Tunnel